That left a single, grim alternative, and Bolan bore it with him as he left the recent dead behind, moved out in search of other targets.

The supervisors, some of them weeping, voted with little hesitation to cut the grant rather than face such grim alternatives as closing the county juvenile detention center.

But if she refused him, his Seelenqual would leave him only the grimmest alternative.

Jill sipped her wine and considered the grim alternatives.

"It beats the alternative," Gabriel answered, grim, and started cooking himself up a meat roll.

There was nothing he could do but wait and chart the grim alternatives that would remain if Bolan failed.

The grim alternative was certain death, and Hannon had already come to terms with that reality.

Only those who have been faced with the immediate choice of similar grim alternatives can understand the weight of decision that presses on a commander.

The Romans provided a grim alternative: the trade of slaves (often children and young women) for dog meat.

And it was better than the grim alternative.